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[vicarz]

It's a little annoying that eljay keeps asking me to save from prior draft only to have it either revive a post already made, or "revive" a blank post.

Saw ortho Dr. Ochiai today - he said my progress was very good / far better than average or expected, but of course I don't believe him because doctors always say that to all their patients (so many people think they or their relatives are amazing because of this motivating white lie). He noted only a 5 deg difference between the two joints, though I'm also not terribly flexible to start with (despite my old man 30 minute yoga routine I warm up with).

He moved my leg around, checked flexibility (the PT said she'd forward the measurements she took to him), and watched me walk up and down the hallway.

Things I'm allowed to do:
1. Stop PT, and just do my solo work daily on my own, but return if I get worse or experience pain.
2. Walk the .5 mile to work (metro) but not 2 days in a row until I have done it a few times without getting sore.
3. Leg press 50% of former weight. Since I don't do leg press (If deadlifts were easy they'd call them the leg press) I'll have to take a stab and what that might mean. The real purpose seems to be to increase flexibility at the joint.
4. Elliptical - for cardio crap, I can do that. Ugh. Guess I might as well. \
5. See him again in 6 weeks

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[fsfitz.livejournal.com]

If you have another PT appointment, you could ask your therapist about the leg press, and what would be a good weight for you to use.
The fact that you are allowed to do weights again is great progress.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Meh I winged it. I could DL 400 so I just pressed 180 to be safe, 5 sets of 10. Kinda felt good, not a strain or anything...but hey it was doing something. It would cost me a $30 copay to see the PT, plus time.

Also threw in a 20 minute elliptocal ride.

Now if I'm sore tomorrow, another issue.